BTW, has anyone checked out the "50 Ways to Tell a Story" site mentioned in the PLP Ning "Building Trust in Our Online Community" yet? Pretty great way to start exploring a) framing a story on-line and b) the various tools to help you do it. Highly recommended!
What do YOU want to learn more about?
Basic -- Good first step for you to 'dip your foot in the water' or for a single project w/ students (or behind-the-scenes in preparation)
Figure out what people mean by "Web 2.0" and what Web 2.0 tools actually are
Make a wiki -- easy web site that people can co-edit together -- for class or for your own research
Make a blog -- easy web site that will allow people to be 'in conversation' -- for class or for your own research
Make a basic web site to post assignments, projects, research, etc (requires no coding or tech knowledge); Ex: Google Sites
How to find highly-recommended education-oriented blogs to read; how to 'search' for blogs by subject
Subscribe to blogs, on-line newspapers, etc. so they are easy to organize -- GoogleReader and other RSS (aka "Really Simple Subscription") feeds
Upload a photo to the internet -- Flickr, Shutterfly, etc.
Upload a video to the internet -- YouTube, TeacherTube, GoogleVideo, Vimeo, etc
Download a podcast or vodcast (video) from the internet so that it is a file on your computer, iPod, etc.
Bookmark/organize on-line research, tagging, etc. -- Delicious, etc
On-line citation generators -- helping your students easily 'cite' their research
Medium -- Once you've got some momentum with Web 2.0 tools, these might be interesting to try or to learn more about:
Turn a PowerPoint presentation into an actual video (with sound and transitions)
SlideShare (easy way to put a PowerPoint presentations up on-line; can provide a link for others to click or you can embed the actual presentation into a blog or wiki, etc.)
SlideBoom (another variation to consider; in fact, if you search for "upload powerpoints" or something similar, you'll find others, too)
Prezi (an visually alternative way to create a 'slide presentation' via a 'zooming' presentation tool)
Call Recorder (if you want to record/save/upload videos of your Skype video calls, this is a great thing to buy for $20 to use)
Create and archive a 'live-blog' or class/scribe notes -- allow others outside of class participate in the discussion
CoverItLive (fantastic way to create an on-line 'chat' that people can participate in as well as read at a later date via archiving; not only can you provide a link to the 'chat conversation' that was held, you can also embed the actual 'archived' chat into a blog or wiki)
Get involved in 'social networking' and 'micro-blogging' - Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, FriendFeed
Have students work collaboratively on-line on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, etc -- GoogleDocs, wikis, etc
Comment on on-line articles or create discussions 'inside' an online article
Create an on-line audio and/or video how-to tutorial
BTW, has anyone checked out the "50 Ways to Tell a Story" site mentioned in the PLP Ning "Building Trust in Our Online Community" yet? Pretty great way to start exploring a) framing a story on-line and b) the various tools to help you do it. Highly recommended!
What do YOU want to learn more about?
Basic -- Good first step for you to 'dip your foot in the water' or for a single project w/ students (or behind-the-scenes in preparation)
Medium -- Once you've got some momentum with Web 2.0 tools, these might be interesting to try or to learn more about:
Complex -- Some of these are 'hard' to do; some are 'conceptual'; and some are franklky 'cool' but hard to find an immediate use for 'in class'